Swallow's Nest

Details

YAYOI KUSAMA (B. 1929)
Swallow's Nest
signed and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1989’; titled in Japanese (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
38.5 x 46 cm. (15 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in.)
Painted in 1989

Provenance

Private collection
Ravenel Taipei, 1 June 2008, lot 102
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Further details

This work is accompanied by the registration card issued by the artist’s studio.

Sale room notice

This lot is now subject to a guarantee that is fully or partially financed by a third party. The third party will be bidding on the lot and may receive a financing fee from Christie’s if the third party is not the successful buyer.

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Lot Essay

“[Yayoi Kusama] was communing with nature, it was transporting her to what she felt like were other worlds, and that is really the foundation for her practice as it grew…”
- Betsy Johnson, Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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